Bodenham Newsletter April 2011 1st Borderlines Film Festival 11th Leisure Club 3rd Bodenham Health Walk 14th Knit-In 4th Parish Council Meeting 17th Bodenham Women’s Group Meeting 5th Gardening Club & Daffodil Show 7th Mothers’ Union 18th Newsletter Deadline for contributions 8th Borderlines Film Festival 23rd Bowling Club Open Day 23rd Curry Lunch for ABF Soldiers Charity BODENHAM PARISH COUNCIL The next Parish Council meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Monday 4th April at the Siward James Centre. Copies of the agenda are placed on parish notice boards in advance and everyone is most welcome to attend and raise any matters of concern during the slot reserved for this purpose during the meeting. lf you prefer you can raise matters in advance by contacting Chris Smith, Parish Clerk on 01568 797 132 or by email at [email protected]. Bus pass start times. Herefordshire Council have announced that the 09.30 starting time for bus passes comes into effect on 27th March. Passes will be valid from 09.30 until 23.00 from Monday to Friday and at all times at weekends. Large vehicles using Chapel Lane. There have been reports of large vehicles using Chapel Lane and damaging the verges and ditches. Bodenham Parish Council is taking action to curtail the use of Chapel Lane by these vehicles. Amey have made repairs to the verges and ditches. Oak posts have now been installed to protect the grass verges on School Lane. Continued on Page 3. 1 Page St Michael’s Church Dear Friends, These last few weeks our television screens have been full of the most tragic news, earthquakes and tsunami waves, war, civil unrest, protest. We have indeed heard the cry of many people for justice, for food, for shelter, for an end to violence and oppression, for peace and reconciliation. Lent, this year, has brought to us the devastation of the natural world and man-made conflicts. Through Lent we have journeyed with Christ to Calvary, we have raced after him as he walked on the way of the cross. In Jerusalem, we come to a stop, weeping with his friends as he is tortured and executed. The world and our story of faith are bound up together, we weep for Christ, we weep for the dead and injured people of our global village. We know that our story does not end with the cross and the tomb. On Easter Day Christ walks in the garden, hope is re-born, and something new begins to happen. What Christ teaches us is that death and destruction are not the end of the story, resurrection brings change. Christ’s resurrected life means that he is taken out of the narrow frame of history to become the Christ of all time and all people. Through his Holy Spirit we are given the strength to be his people, the people of a kingdom that is eternal, where life goes on. Christ calls us to live his resurrected life now, to bring hope to the world through our prayers and actions. We are not called to sit passively or in despair as we witness the tragedies of 2011; there is no room for despair in God’s kingdom of hope. Our discipleship is a call to live, to reach out in love to friends and strangers. This Easter-tide let us grow in the strength of the risen Christ, let us be willing to embrace the changes and challenges of his resurrection. This prayer by Paul Iles might help us as we move from Lent, through Holy Week and into the glorious celebration of Easter. Risen Lord, be with me in the power of your new life, Open me, that I may grow in the Spirit in love and understanding, in knowledge and self giving. Let me receive your strength that I may accept your trials which I may endure with you. Help me to treasure the revelations you bring of the power and presence of God. Give me the refreshment of a new beginning in his joy and glory. Amen. May you all have a blessed and peaceful Easter, Yours in Christ, Heather SUNDAY SERVICES FOR APRIL 2011 April 3rd Mothering Sunday 9.30am Family Communion (Preb David Roberts) 6.00pm Evensong April 10th 9.30am Sung Eucharist (The Revd Heather Short) 6.00pm Evensong April 17th PALM SUNDAY - the beginning of Holy Week 9.30am Sung Eucharist (The Revd Heather Short) 6.00pm Evensong Wed April 20th 7.00pm Holy Communion April 21st MAUNDY THURSDAY 6.30pm Passover Super at Green Farm, Felton April 22nd GOOD FRIDAY 10 – 12.00am Good Friday Workshop – Preston Wynne Village Hall 11.00am Stations of the Cross - at Bodenham 2.00pm Service of the Last Hour – Sutton St Nicolas April 24th EASTER DAY 9.30am Sung Eucharist The Revd Alison Leigh) 6.00pm Evensong NB: Evensong will normally be include hymns and led by one of the Churchwardens ASH WEDNESDAY MARCH 9TH Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes 2.30pm St Michael and All Angels, Bodenham Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes 7.00pm St Nicholas, Sutton St Nicholas HOLY COMMUNION AT SIWARD JAMES CENTRE There will be a celebration of Holy Communion at the Siward James Centre on FRIDAY,MAY 6TH at 11.00am. All are welcome to attend. (Please note the change of date) 2 . Page BODENHAM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Chapel Lane, Bodenham Programme for April 3rd 10.30am Worship Service – Revd Jonathan Coore 10th 9.00am Praise and Prayer 10th 10.30pm Worship Service – Michael Chapman 17th 10.30am Fellowship Service and Communion 22nd 3.30am Good Friday Service 24th 10.30am Easter Day Praise – Martin Erwin On Sunday April 10th we will meet prior to the worship service at 9.00am for an hour of praise and prayer, followed by a simple breakfast. Coffee will be served as usual after all services. Footsteps Is not running at present, but we hope to restart sometime in the future. For further information, please contact Fiona. Ladies’ Bible Study will be held on Tuesday, 12th April at 10.00am led by Margaret Seccombe. All ladies are welcome. Contact Margaret for details of the study: ‘Introducing Jesus’ – Life changing encounters from John’s Gospel. Café @ Chapel meets every Thursday morning. Why not just call in for a coffee and chat at any time between 10.30am and 12 noon. Midweek Study and Discussion Group will meet on Thursdays 7th and 14th April at 7.30 for 7.45pm. All are welcome. Contact Peter Lefroy-Owen for further information. All are welcome. Contact: Fiona Smith (797122) Margaret Seccombe (797094) Peter Lefroy-Owen (760580) Secretary: Pat Horrigan (797044) BODENHAM PARISH COUNCIL continued Salt bins Following a request an application will be made to Amey for a salt bin to be placed in School Lane. Speed Indicating Device (SID). The SID continues to be used at several locations around the village in an attempt to draw drivers’ attention to their vehicle speed. Data from the period when the SID was located on the Moor (C1125) suggest that drivers slow down, when the SID shows them their speed. Some 60% of drivers were exceeding the speed limit when they were first tracked by the SID and the majority then slowed down. The general aim of the SID is to slow drivers down and this seems to be being achieved. Parish Council Elections Elections are to be held on 5th May for Bodenham Parish Council and Herefordshire Council. There is also likely to be a national referendum on the same day on the Alternative Vote system and other constitutional changes. Bodenham Parish Council wishes to encourage people to stand for election to the Parish Council. Nomination forms can be obtained from Chris Smith, Parish Clerk, on 01568-797 132 or by email at [email protected]. Dog fouling Further complaints have been received about continued dog fouling of pavements and grass verges, particularly in Millcroft Road. The dog wardens at Herefordshire Council have been contacted and will be monitoring the situation. RT Building Services GENERAL BUILDER & PROPERTY A.G. 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Nigella Tyson starting at 10.30am. Visitors are most welcome to meet with us. Please contact Pat for further details. Branch Leader: Pat Horrigan (797044 BODENHAM ROMANIA SUPPORT GROUP Thursday 14th April from 2 – 4pm Knit-In at 14 Brockington Road.